Thursday, 13 Aug 2020 06:00 AM MYTOffice workers are pictured during lunchtime in Kuala Lumpur June 5, 2020. — Picture by Choo Choy May
But when it came to their own workplace, over half of those polled, 52 per cent, felt everything was fair and square. Those who said there was a gender pay gap shrunk to 30 per cent while 18 per cent said they do not know.As for why they believed a gender pay gap exists in Malaysia, the top reason selected by 42 per cent of the respondents was the assumption that a"particular gender" is unable to carry out certain tasks.
In the latest available data published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia in October 2019, the Salaries and Wages Survey Report Malaysia 2018 showed men earning a median monthly salary of RM2,342 as compared to women at RM2,227. But even with an increase in median pay for both genders annually, female workers lagged behind their male counterparts every year during this nine-year period — except for in 2016 when both genders had the same median monthly salary of RM2,000.A total of 42 per cent felt that providing paid parental leave for both male and female staff could help while 34 per cent felt that having gender pay audits and action plans would help.
According to Vase, 60 per cent of those polled were private sector workers, 21 per cent worked with the government or statutory bodies, 19 per cent were self-employed and 1 per cent fell under the category of others.
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